MEAM_LAMMPS_SharifiWick_2025_FeMnNiTiCuCrCoAl__MO_675947402254_000
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MEAM Potential for Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti, Cu, Cr, Co, and Al, developed by Sharifi and Wick (2025) v000 |
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| Description
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A high-throughput parameterization of modified embedded atom method (MEAM) interatomic potentials for combinations of Cu, Ti, Ni, Cr, Co, Al, Fe, and Mn developed using a genetic algorithm. Unary systems were parameterized based on DFT calculations and experimental results. MEAM potentials for 28 binary and 56 ternary combinations of the elements were parameterized to DFT results that were carried out with semi-automated frameworks. Specific attention was made to reproduce properties that impact compositional segregation, material strength, and mechanics. |
| Species
The supported atomic species.
| Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti |
| Disclaimer
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This potential is designed for the structural properties of High Entropy Alloys (HEA)s and Complex Concentrated Alloys (CCAs). The fitting procedure involved developing all included unary, binary and ternary systems so it can be used for any alloy subset. This potential focuses on the structural analysis of alloys including shear strength and elastic constants, dislocation dynamics and their impact on alloy strength, and the analysis of defect effects, such as voids, on material properties. However, the potential was not optimized for temperature-dependent properties and was not fit to density, thermal expansion coefficients, or thermal conductivity data. |
| Content Origin | https://www.ctcms.nist.gov/potentials/entry/2025--Sharifi-H-Wick-C-D--Fe-Mn-Ni-Ti-Cu-Cr-Co-Al/ |
| Contributor |
Claire Waters |
| Maintainer |
Claire Waters |
| Developer |
Hamid Sharifi Collin D. Wick |
| Published on KIM | 2025 |
| How to Cite |
This Model originally published in [1] is archived in OpenKIM [2-5]. [1] Sharifi H, Wick CD. Developing interatomic potentials for complex concentrated alloys of Cu, Ti, Ni, Cr, Co, Al, Fe, and Mn. Computational Materials Science [Internet]. 2025;248:113595. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927025624008164 doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.113595 — (Primary Source) A primary source is a reference directly related to the item documenting its development, as opposed to other sources that are provided as background information. [2] Sharifi H, Wick CD. MEAM Potential for Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti, Cu, Cr, Co, and Al, developed by Sharifi and Wick (2025) v000. OpenKIM; 2025. doi:10.25950/ba85dbc3 [3] Afshar Y, Hütter S, Rudd RE, Stukowski A, Tipton WW, Trinkle DR, et al. The modified embedded atom method (MEAM) potential v002. OpenKIM; 2023. doi:10.25950/ee5eba52 [4] Tadmor EB, Elliott RS, Sethna JP, Miller RE, Becker CA. The potential of atomistic simulations and the Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models. JOM. 2011;63(7):17. doi:10.1007/s11837-011-0102-6 [5] Elliott RS, Tadmor EB. Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models (KIM) Application Programming Interface (API). OpenKIM; 2011. doi:10.25950/ff8f563a Click here to download the above citation in BibTeX format. |
| Funding |
Award Number: 1946231 Funder: National Science Foundation |
| Short KIM ID
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| MO_675947402254_000 |
| Extended KIM ID
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| MEAM_LAMMPS_SharifiWick_2025_FeMnNiTiCuCrCoAl__MO_675947402254_000 |
| DOI |
10.25950/ba85dbc3 https://doi.org/10.25950/ba85dbc3 https://commons.datacite.org/doi.org/10.25950/ba85dbc3 |
| KIM Item Type
Specifies whether this is a Portable Model (software implementation of an interatomic model); Portable Model with parameter file (parameter file to be read in by a Model Driver); Model Driver (software implementation of an interatomic model that reads in parameters).
| Portable Model using Model Driver MEAM_LAMMPS__MD_249792265679_002 |
| Driver | MEAM_LAMMPS__MD_249792265679_002 |
| KIM API Version | 2.3 |
| Potential Type | meam |
| Grade | Name | Category | Brief Description | Full Results | Aux File(s) |
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| P | vc-species-supported-as-stated | mandatory | The model supports all species it claims to support; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-periodicity-support | mandatory | Periodic boundary conditions are handled correctly; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-permutation-symmetry | mandatory | Total energy and forces are unchanged when swapping atoms of the same species; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-objectivity | informational | Total energy is unchanged and forces transform correctly under rigid-body translation and rotation; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-inversion-symmetry | informational | Total energy is unchanged and forces change sign when inverting a configuration through the origin; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-memory-leak | informational | The model code does not have memory leaks (i.e. it releases all allocated memory at the end); see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-thread-safe | mandatory | The model returns the same energy and forces when computed in serial and when using parallel threads for a set of configurations. Note that this is not a guarantee of thread safety; see full description. |
Results | Files |
| P | vc-unit-conversion | mandatory | The model is able to correctly convert its energy and/or forces to different unit sets; see full description. |
Results | Files |
BCC Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic body-centered cubic (bcc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Cohesive Energy Graph
This graph shows the cohesive energy versus volume-per-atom for the current mode for four mono-atomic cubic phases (body-centered cubic (bcc), face-centered cubic (fcc), simple cubic (sc), and diamond). The curve with the lowest minimum is the ground state of the crystal if stable. (The crystal structure is enforced in these calculations, so the phase may not be stable.) Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Diamond Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered diamond lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Dislocation Core Energies
This graph shows the dislocation core energy of a cubic crystal at zero temperature and pressure for a specific set of dislocation core cutoff radii. After obtaining the total energy of the system from conjugate gradient minimizations, non-singular, isotropic and anisotropic elasticity are applied to obtain the dislocation core energy for each of these supercells with different dipole distances. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
(No matching species)FCC Elastic Constants
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) elastic constants predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
FCC Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in red) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
FCC Stacking Fault Energies
This bar chart plot shows the intrinsic and extrinsic stacking fault energies as well as the unstable stacking and unstable twinning energies for face-centered cubic (fcc) predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
(No matching species)FCC Surface Energies
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic face-centered cubic (fcc) relaxed surface energies predicted by the current model (shown in blue) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
SC Lattice Constant
This bar chart plot shows the mono-atomic simple cubic (sc) lattice constant predicted by the current model (shown in the unique color) compared with the predictions for all other models in the OpenKIM Repository that support the species. The vertical bars show the average and standard deviation (one sigma) bounds for all model predictions. Graphs are generated for each species supported by the model.
Cubic Crystal Basic Properties Table
Species: AlSpecies: Co
Species: Cr
Species: Cu
Species: Fe
Species: Mn
Species: Ni
Species: Ti
Disclaimer From Model Developer
This potential is designed for the structural properties of High Entropy Alloys (HEA)s and Complex Concentrated Alloys (CCAs). The fitting procedure involved developing all included unary, binary and ternary systems so it can be used for any alloy subset. This potential focuses on the structural analysis of alloys including shear strength and elastic constants, dislocation dynamics and their impact on alloy strength, and the analysis of defect effects, such as voids, on material properties. However, the potential was not optimized for temperature-dependent properties and was not fit to density, thermal expansion coefficients, or thermal conductivity data.
Creators:
Contributor: karls
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/64cb38c5
This Test Driver uses LAMMPS to compute the cohesive energy of a given monoatomic cubic lattice (fcc, bcc, sc, or diamond) at a variety of lattice spacings. The lattice spacings range from a_min (=a_min_frac*a_0) to a_max (=a_max_frac*a_0) where a_0, a_min_frac, and a_max_frac are read from stdin (a_0 is typically approximately equal to the equilibrium lattice constant). The precise scaling and number of lattice spacings sampled between a_min and a_0 (a_0 and a_max) is specified by two additional parameters passed from stdin: N_lower and samplespacing_lower (N_upper and samplespacing_upper). Please see README.txt for further details.
Creators:
Contributor: ilia
Publication Year: 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/687267bf
This Test Driver computes the crystal structure and binding potential versus applied hydrostatic pressure for an arbitrary crystal. The crystal structure is specified using the AFLOW prototype designation. A scan over negative and positive hydrostatic pressures is performed, with a symmetry-constrained minimization of the cell and internal degrees of freedom at each step. Binding potential energy, volume, mass density, and the cell and internal crystal structure parameters are reported at each pressure step.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Crystal structure and binding potential versus applied hydrostatic pressure for AlNi in AFLOW crystal prototype A3B2_hP5_164_ad_d v000 | view | 6963886 |
Creators:
Contributor: ilia
Publication Year: 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/922d328f
Computes the elastic constants for an arbitrary crystal. A robust computational protocol is used, attempting multiple methods and step sizes to achieve an acceptably low error in numerical differentiation and deviation from material symmetry. The crystal structure is specified using the AFLOW prototype designation as part of the Crystal Genome testing framework. In addition, the distance from the obtained elasticity tensor to the nearest isotropic tensor is computed.
Creators: Junhao Li and Ellad Tadmor
Contributor: tadmor
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/5853fb8f
Computes the cubic elastic constants for some common crystal types (fcc, bcc, sc, diamond) by calculating the hessian of the energy density with respect to strain. An estimate of the error associated with the numerical differentiation performed is reported.
Creators:
Contributor: ilia
Publication Year: 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/866c7cfa
Computes the equilibrium crystal structure and energy for an arbitrary crystal at zero temperature and applied stress by performing symmetry-constrained relaxation. The crystal structure is specified using the AFLOW prototype designation. Multiple sets of free parameters corresponding to the crystal prototype may be specified as initial guesses for structure optimization. No guarantee is made regarding the stability of computed equilibria, nor that any are the ground state.
Creators:
Contributor: brunnels
Publication Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/2c59c9d6
Computes grain boundary energy for a range of tilt angles given a crystal structure, tilt axis, and material.
Creators: Daniel S. Karls and Junhao Li
Contributor: karls
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/2765e3bf
Equilibrium lattice constant and cohesive energy of a cubic lattice at zero temperature and pressure.
Creators: Daniel S. Karls and Junhao Li
Contributor: karls
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/c339ca32
Calculates lattice constant of hexagonal bulk structures at zero temperature and pressure by using simplex minimization to minimize the potential energy.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Al v005 | view | 2029539 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Co v005 | view | 2031781 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Cr v005 | view | 1502109 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Cu v005 | view | 1454473 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Fe v005 | view | 1402645 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Mn v005 | view | 1459273 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Ni v005 | view | 1449916 | |
| Equilibrium lattice constants for hcp Ti v005 | view | 2048596 |
Creators:
Contributor: mjwen
Publication Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/9d9822ec
This Test Driver uses LAMMPS to compute the linear thermal expansion coefficient at a finite temperature under a given pressure for a cubic lattice (fcc, bcc, sc, diamond) of a single given species.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Linear thermal expansion coefficient of bcc Cr at 293.15 K under a pressure of 0 MPa v002 | view | 4891168 | |
| Linear thermal expansion coefficient of bcc Fe at 293.15 K under a pressure of 0 MPa v002 | view | 3220103 | |
| Linear thermal expansion coefficient of fcc Al at 293.15 K under a pressure of 0 MPa v002 | view | 3721428 | |
| Linear thermal expansion coefficient of fcc Cu at 293.15 K under a pressure of 0 MPa v002 | view | 14950727 | |
| Linear thermal expansion coefficient of fcc Ni at 293.15 K under a pressure of 0 MPa v002 | view | 7699711 |
Creators: Matt Bierbaum
Contributor: mattbierbaum
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/64f4999b
Calculates the phonon dispersion relations for fcc lattices and records the results as curves.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Phonon dispersion relations for fcc Al v004 | view | 132036 | |
| Phonon dispersion relations for fcc Cu v004 | view | 103657 | |
| Phonon dispersion relations for fcc Ni v004 | view | 99343 |
Creators: Matt Bierbaum
Contributor: mattbierbaum
Publication Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/6c43a4e6
Calculates the surface energy of several high symmetry surfaces and produces a broken-bond model fit. In latex form, the fit equations are given by:
E_{FCC} (\vec{n}) = p_1 (4 \left( |x+y| + |x-y| + |x+z| + |x-z| + |z+y| +|z-y|\right)) + p_2 (8 \left( |x| + |y| + |z|\right)) + p_3 (2 ( |x+ 2y + z| + |x+2y-z| + |x-2y + z| + |x-2y-z| + |2x+y+z| + |2x+y-z| +|2x-y+z| +|2x-y-z| +|x+y+2z| +|x+y-2z| +|x-y+2z| +|x-y-2z| ) + c
E_{BCC} (\vec{n}) = p_1 (6 \left( | x+y+z| + |x+y-z| + |-x+y-z| + |x-y+z| \right)) + p_2 (8 \left( |x| + |y| + |z|\right)) + p_3 (4 \left( |x+y| + |x-y| + |x+z| + |x-z| + |z+y| +|z-y|\right)) +c.
In Python, these two fits take the following form:
def BrokenBondFCC(params, index):
import numpy
x, y, z = index
x = x / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
y = y / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
z = z / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
return params[0]*4* (abs(x+y) + abs(x-y) + abs(x+z) + abs(x-z) + abs(z+y) + abs(z-y)) + params[1]*8*(abs(x) + abs(y) + abs(z)) + params[2]*(abs(x+2*y+z) + abs(x+2*y-z) +abs(x-2*y+z) +abs(x-2*y-z) + abs(2*x+y+z) +abs(2*x+y-z) +abs(2*x-y+z) +abs(2*x-y-z) + abs(x+y+2*z) +abs(x+y-2*z) +abs(x-y+2*z) +abs(x-y-2*z))+params[3]
def BrokenBondBCC(params, x, y, z):
import numpy
x, y, z = index
x = x / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
y = y / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
z = z / numpy.sqrt(x**2.+y**2.+z**2.)
return params[0]*6*(abs(x+y+z) + abs(x-y-z) + abs(x-y+z) + abs(x+y-z)) + params[1]*8*(abs(x) + abs(y) + abs(z)) + params[2]*4* (abs(x+y) + abs(x-y) + abs(x+z) + abs(x-z) + abs(z+y) + abs(z-y)) + params[3]
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Broken-bond fit of high-symmetry surface energies in bcc Cr v004 | view | 466151 | |
| Broken-bond fit of high-symmetry surface energies in bcc Fe v004 | view | 583053 | |
| Broken-bond fit of high-symmetry surface energies in fcc Al v004 | view | 1378401 | |
| Broken-bond fit of high-symmetry surface energies in fcc Cu v004 | view | 2768908 | |
| Broken-bond fit of high-symmetry surface energies in fcc Ni v004 | view | 870144 |
Creators:
Contributor: efuem
Publication Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/fca89cea
Computes the monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for cubic and hcp monoatomic crystals.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for bcc Cr | view | 5264295 | |
| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for bcc Fe | view | 4006152 | |
| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for fcc Al | view | 4964352 | |
| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for fcc Cu | view | 6611717 | |
| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for fcc Ni | view | 4970678 | |
| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for hcp Co | view | 4190678 | |
| Monovacancy formation energy and relaxation volume for hcp Ti | view | 4093948 |
Creators:
Contributor: efuem
Publication Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25950/c27ba3cd
Computes the monovacancy formation and migration energies for cubic and hcp monoatomic crystals.
| Test | Test Results | Link to Test Results page | Benchmark time
Usertime multiplied by the Whetstone Benchmark. This number can be used (approximately) to compare the performance of different models independently of the architecture on which the test was run.
Measured in Millions of Whetstone Instructions (MWI) |
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| Vacancy formation and migration energy for bcc Cr | view | 11278368 | |
| Vacancy formation and migration energy for bcc Fe | view | 10084201 | |
| Vacancy formation and migration energy for fcc Al | view | 10609542 | |
| Vacancy formation and migration energy for fcc Cu | view | 9025593 | |
| Vacancy formation and migration energy for fcc Ni | view | 6857692 | |
| Vacancy formation and migration energy for hcp Co | view | 2944916 |
ElasticConstantsCubic__TD_011862047401_006
| Test | Error Categories | Link to Error page |
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| Elastic constants for diamond Cr at zero temperature v001 | other | view |
| Elastic constants for diamond Fe at zero temperature v001 | other | view |
| Elastic constants for diamond Mn at zero temperature v001 | other | view |
| Elastic constants for diamond Ni at zero temperature v001 | other | view |
EquilibriumCrystalStructure__TD_457028483760_002
EquilibriumCrystalStructure__TD_457028483760_003
StackingFaultFccCrystal__TD_228501831190_002
| Test | Error Categories | Link to Error page |
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| Stacking and twinning fault energies for fcc Al v002 | other | view |
| Stacking and twinning fault energies for fcc Cu v002 | other | view |
| Stacking and twinning fault energies for fcc Ni v002 | other | view |
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